English-Thai Dictionary

misappropriate

VT ยักยอก  ขโมย  steal rob embezzle yuk-yok

 

misappropriate

VT ใช้ ใน ทาง ที่ ผิด  abuse chai-nai-tang-ti-pid

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISAPPROPRIATE

MISAPPROPRIATE Mis `ap *pro "pri *ate, v. t.

 

Defn: To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

misappropriate

mis ap pro pri ate |ˌmisəˈprōprēˌāt ˈˌmɪsəˈproʊpriˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a person ) dishonestly or unfairly take (something, esp. money, belonging to another ) for one's own use: department officials had misappropriated funds.

 

Oxford Dictionary

misappropriate

mis |appro |pri ¦ate |mɪsəˈprəʊprɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another ) for one's own use: the report revealed that department officials had misappropriated funds.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

misappropriate

misappropriate verb he confessed to having misappropriated millions from his clients: embezzle, expropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, pocket, help oneself to, make off with; informal swipe, filch, rip off, snitch, pinch.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

misappropriate

misappropriate verb he confessed to having misappropriated $2.2bn from his clients' portfolios: embezzle, expropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, swindle, pocket, help oneself to, abscond with, make off with, have one's hand /fingers in the till; informal skim, swipe, lift, filch, rip off, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off, bone; rare peculate, defalcate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

misappropriate

m ì s appr ó priate 動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈他人の金 〉を使い込む, 横領する, 着服する ; …を悪用する, 乱用する .